Browser Widget and Twitter on iOS 13

[Ralph DiMola]

Thanks Mark.

I searched all stacks for "userAgent" and it did not exist. After I got some
more feedback it is working on iOS 13 iPhones but not on an iOS 13 iPad. So
far this iPad is the only one with this issue. The user tried in Safari on
the iPad and did not get the message.

LC 9.6.0 
OSX 10.14.6 
Xcode 11.3.1

Ralph DiMola
IT Director
Evergreen Information Services
rdimola at evergreeninfo.net


-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf
Of Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:16 AM
To: How to use LiveCode
Cc: Mark Waddingham
Subject: Re: Browser Widget and Twitter on iOS 13

On 2020-08-13 13:46, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote:
> When accessing Twitter via the Browser Widget on iOS 13 I get this 
> error message==> "This browser is no longer supported. Please switch 
> to a supported browser or disable the extension which masks you 
> browser to continue using twitter.com". Is there a widget setting I 
> can change to eliminate this? It works on Android and iOS 12. This is 
> from the first tester. Could there be a iOS devices setting that this 
> user inadvertently changed that caused this? I'm waiting for other 
> testers but wanted to get on top of this. Any ideas?

Hmmm - the wording "This browser is no longer supported. Please switch to a
supported browser or disable the extension which masks you browser to
continue using twitter.com" suggests that twitter.com is using the userAgent
string to determine access.

I'm pretty sure the old UIWebView (which we replaced with WKWebView in
9.6) didn't support a custom user agent string - but the new WKWebView one
does.

Are you setting `the userAgent` property of the browser widget anywhere?

Of course, this wouldn't explain why it works in iOS12 / Android if this is
the problem...

Warmest Regards,

Mark.

--
Mark Waddingham ~ mark at livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
LiveCode: Everyone can create apps

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